Assay of thiocyanate at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$61.06

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$127.20

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$9.62 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $99.96 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $9.62 ↓ -84%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $10.83 ↓ -82%
medicare medicare (a) $11.40 ↓ -81%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $11.40 ↓ -81%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $11.62 ↓ -81%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $11.62 ↓ -81%
medica medica medicare (a) $11.97 ↓ -80%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $11.97 ↓ -80%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $13.25 ↓ -78%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $14.52 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $21.22 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $23.90 ↓ -61%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $23.94 ↓ -61%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $24.53 ↓ -60%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $25.37 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $26.42 ↓ -57%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $29.85 ↓ -51%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $32.04 ↓ -48%
health partners hpi (a) $36.35 ↓ -40%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $39.62 ↓ -35%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $41.95 ↓ -31%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $44.63 ↓ -27%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $52.84 ↓ -13%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $65.02 ↑ +6%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $69.85 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $72.00 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $79.63 ↑ +30%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $83.30 ↑ +36%
medica health system medica elect (a) $88.37 ↑ +45%
medica medica essentials (a) $92.11 ↑ +51%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $92.26 ↑ +51%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $95.20 ↑ +56%
medica health system medica choice (a) $97.10 ↑ +59%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $99.96 ↑ +64%

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Assay of thiocyanate at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $61.06 $9.62 – $27.31
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $71.23 $10.83 – $68.33
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $71.23 $10.83 – $68.33
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $76.94 $10.83 – $98.22
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $61.06 $9.62 – $21.22
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $71.23 $10.83 – $62.69
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $71.23 $10.83 – $62.69
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $71.23 $10.83 – $75.22

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